Estimation of intrathoracic arterial diameter by means of computed tomographic angiography in Hispaniolan Amazon parrots

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-218

  Beaufrère, Hugues ^a   Rodriguez, Daniel ^a   Pariaut, Romain ^a   Gaschen, Lorrie ^a   Schnellbacher, Rodney ^a   Nevarez, Javier G ^a   Tully Jr , Thomas N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; LUNG ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARROT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX;

AMAZONA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

AMAZONA; AMAZONA VENTRALIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 79951885642     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.2.210     Document Type: Article

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